Olivia Birdsall





Olivia Birdsall

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Olivia Birdsall is the second of 10 children. She works as a teaching artist for the Teachers & Writers Collaborative in New York City, and as an instructor in the Expository Writing Program at New York University. Notes on a Near-Life Experience is her first novel.


Average rating: 3.48 · 161 ratings · 33 reviews · 1 distinct work
Notes on a Near-Life Experi...
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“I wonder who my father is when he isn't just my dad, the guy who helps me with my math homework...He is someone who grew up, who had dreams, who maybe lost them, who fells things.”
Olivia Birdsall, Notes on a Near-Life Experience

“I guess I like to dance because...it just feels natural...It's an outlet for my energy...It's like a langauage all my own that other people can translate and enjoy for themselves but only I know what it really means to me.”
Olivia Birdsall, Notes on a Near-Life Experience



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